NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The No. 55 Old Dominion men's tennis team blanked Howard on Friday by a 7-0 score to improve to 3-2 on the year. Highlighting the Monarch wins were the No. 1 doubles team of Alex Seleznev (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic) and Eidy Igarashi (São José do Rio Preto, Brazil) earning an 8-0 win and Rodrigo Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) earning a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 3 singles.

In addition to Selznev's and Igarashi's win, ODU's No. 2 doubles team of Souza and Yakov Diskin (Yorktown, Va.) picked up an 8-1 win over Anthony Baldwin and Stephen-Andrea Surive, to take the doubles points.

Action in singles began with Diskin defeating Chad Jones, 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4 singles followed by Souza's victory at the No. 3 spot. Seleznev, playing at No. 1 singles, played his way to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Faron Carter, Igarashi earned a 6-3, 6-0 win over Othmane Garma at No. 2 singles, and Dominic Manilla (Greenwood, Va.) wrapped up play with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Surive at No. 5 singles.